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Tobey Maguire is still Spider-Man. And that ticks off Jake Gyllenhaal.

See, Gyllenhaal almost took over the superhero role in 2003 when Maguire's bum back had him sidelined. Maguire healed. Gyllenhaal still stews.

"People have very often said to me that I look like Tobey," Gyllehaal laughingly told us at the weekend press junket for their new film,  Brothers, in which they play—yes—brothers. "To all those cab drivers in New York, I'm not Spider-Man!"

As for the guy who is Spidey, Maguire insisted there's no ill-will between him and Gyllenhaal over the near-replacement in the big-bucks franchise.

"I got really excited about the idea of working with these guys [Gyllenhaal, costar Natalie Portman and director Jim Sheridan]," he said of the new Oscar-baiting sibling-rivalry drama, due out Dec. 3.

But enquiring minds really wanted scoop on Spider-Man 4. And this is what Maguire told us.

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Siblings are always fighting over stuff.

Even the wife and kids.

In the trailer for Brothers, Jake Gyllenhaal consoles the grieving Natalie Portman and her children following the supposed death of Jake's brother, Tobey Maguire. There's just one little problem with this, which the trailer isn't shy about revealing: Tobey's not dead.

Call this a different kind of family film. Think you'll see it? 

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It's all about the dagger, see?

In The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Jake Gyllenhaal must team up with a beautiful princess to battle an evil dude who has unleashed the sands of time, and the only way to do it is to use a dagger that can control time.

There's more, but pretty much all anyone cares about is whether a long-locked Jake looks good with his shirt off (he does!) and whether the rousing CG-enhanced adventures look like good fun (not sure!). People yell, things crash and Jake and his costar bicker and banter before (we imagine) falling in love.

Based on a venerable video game, the trailer makes the film seems a little bit The Mummy, a little bit Raiders of the Lost Ark and a little bit The Bourne Identity, which should be a good thing. Based on this one trailer, though, we aren't convinced.

How about you? Is this something you'd want to see? Sound off, people.

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•  Those dastardly lad mags have made Megan Fox No. 2 yet again! First, Maxim places Olivia Wilde just ahead of the starlet and this time the Transformers hottie loses to British babe, Cheryl Cole, from the group, Girls Aloud, for the FHM title.

•  Robin Wright Penn opened up to a psychology magazine just before her latest round of off-again, on-again union with husband Sean Penn. "All marriages have their cycles and phases," she said forebodingly.

•  Paris Hilton was peeved when her bodyguards supposedly found some sort of recording transmitter in her Dubai hotel room. In the meantime, the BFF seeker may be in a little hot water for donning a bikini in the conservative Arab nation.

•  All kinds of TV babies are on their way! Scrubs star Judy Reyes and her boyfriend, director George Valencia, are expecting their first child. Additionally, 24 and HawthoRNe actor D.B. Woodside and gal pal, Golden Brooks of Girlfriends fame, are anticipating a child together, due in September.

•  Amy Winehouse may be beachy keen on moving to St. Lucia for good.

•  Dear Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal: You two are cute enough as it is. Is it really necessary to match for your workouts? Love, Rise 'n' Shine

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First comes marriage, then comes Viagra.

After playing a unhappily married couple in Brokeback Mountain, Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal are in talks to reteam for Love and Other Drugs, director Ed Zwick's adaptation of Jamie Reidy's delightfully titled nonfiction book, Hard Sell: Confessions of a Viagra Salesman, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Gyllenhaal would play a role based on Reidy, a Pfizer drug rep who romances a Parkinson's patient played by Hathaway.

Sex, drugs and beautiful stars? Sounds great. But if the film lasts more than four hours, somebody better call a doctor.

And who is Julia Roberts about to devour?

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•  According to Star, Reese Witherspoon arrived at a photo shoot wearing an engagement ring from boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, but took it off shortly after she got there. Funny how she hasn't worn said sparkler anywhere else.

•  Justin Timberlake may be doing tequilla. He'd probably do Pee-Wee Herman's dance pretty well too.

•  This sounds alot like a country song. Given that it involves LeAnn Rimes, we shouldn't be surprised.

•  One of Oprah's adopted puppies died last week. Sad.

•  How does 50 Cent bring heat to a big rivalry? With porn, of course!

•  Alanis Morissette is such a turn-off.

•  Bob Dylan is kind of a stinky neighbor.

•  If Mel Gibson ever sends you dessert, we recommend you refuse it.

•  Dear James Franco: Can we get a sip of your Diet Coke? You It looks delicious and refreshing. Love, Rise 'n' Shine

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OMFG. Consider the Gossip Girl word sufficiently spread.

The CW hit received a leading—and whopping—14 nominations this morning for the Teen Choice 2008 Awards.

Chris Brown checked in with nine nods, Miley Cyrus (who will host the ceremony) scored four nods, and perpetual nominee Justin Timberlake racked up three.

Timberlake is the awards' winningest artist, having aggregated 21 surfboards—the event's laid-back hardware of choice—since 1999.

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Reese Witherspoon is finally a single girl. Aside from that whole dating Jake Gyllenhaal thing.

Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe's divorce was finalized in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, with court papers obtained by E! News indicating that financial and custodial settlements between the ex-couple have been reached.

The no-frills—and sadly, no details—document simply reads: "[The court finds] the parties have settled all their remaining issues in these proceedings."

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